Israel's talented diplomats

When asked about a new settlement being planned in the occupied territories, the first in ten years, an Israeli official, quoted in the NYT, said the deal "sort of went through and now it’s done and would be very hard to undo." The person goes on to say that the settlement is lip service to Jewish settlers, and that the settlement is "not new, exactly".

Thank goodness our batch of obtuse diplomats were not around 40 years ago, when Israel depended on stronger shoulders, like Abba Even's.